News and Events from NDSU http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/news/index.php © NDSU http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/news/index.php?ID=1483&func=publish_article NDSU President Joseph A. Chapman has recognized Jo Ann Miller, professor of music, and Larry Reynolds, professor of animal sciences, as University Distinguished Professors. Chapman made the announcement Oct. 2, during his annual State of the University Ad... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/news/index.php?ID=1484&func=publish_article NDSU’s Center for Disaster Studies and Emergency Management
 and several new academic programs were approved by the State Board of Higher Education during its Sept. 18 meeting in Valley City.The mission of the Center for Disaster Studies and Emergen... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/news/index.php?ID=1487&func=publish_article The NDSU President’s Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs is conducting a faculty and staff CORE survey through Friday, Oct. 24. Participants will be invited to take the online survey through an e-mail message. The survey is completely confidential and no... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/news/index.php?ID=1489&func=publish_article Several faculty members from the NDSU Division of Fine Arts will participate in the North Dakota Arts and Humanities Conference, Oct. 8-10 in Bismarck, N.D.Robert Jones, associate professor of music, will present a lecture performance titled “Musical Inte... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/news/index.php?ID=1491&func=publish_article Kristi Groberg, assistant professor of visual arts, has been invited to present a lecture titled “Sympathy for the Devil: The Devil in Russian Art” at the University of Illinois at Springfield. She will give the lecture as part of an international symposi... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/news/index.php?ID=1492&func=publish_article Richard Roesler, principal scientist of Bayer Corp. and NDSU adjunct professor, will give a presentation on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 5 p.m. in the Memorial Union Plains Ballroom.Roesler will describe changes that have taken place in the industrial workplace ... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/news/index.php?ID=1493&func=publish_article Michael Thrasher, associate professor of music, will be featured in the winter issue of the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Journal. His review of Haydn’s “Quartet in D. op. 50, no. 6,” transcribed by Richard Johnston and e... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/news/index.php?ID=1494&func=publish_article Chad Ulven, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was recently named associate director of the Sustainable Energy Research Initiative and Supporting Education (SUNRISE) Research Group. SUNRISE is an interdisciplinary cluster of North Dakota resea... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/news/index.php?ID=1490&func=publish_article The NDSU Gold Star Concert Band will present “Songs for Bands” on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Festival Concert Hall. Conducted by Warren Olfert, associate professor of music, the concert will feature soloists Virginia Sublett, soprano, and Robert Jo... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/news/index.php?ID=1488&func=publish_article “Ross Zirkle (1955-2007): ‘Passion in Prints,’ ” is on display at the NDSU Memorial Union Gallery until Oct. 18. The exhibit is a collection of 28 printmaking pieces created by Zirkle, a Tamarind master printer, who died in 2007 after a battle with cancer... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/news/index.php?ID=1485&func=publish_article Twenty-one Trees Award winners from across the state will be recognized at the Trees Bowl and Awards Ceremony at the Fargodome on Saturday, Oct. 11. The award winners are being recognized by NDSU and the North Dakota Forest Service for their extraordina... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/news/index.php?ID=1486&func=publish_article Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Sept. 29 for Appareo Systems LLC in the NDSU Research and Technology Park. The new 40,000 square foot office and manufacturing facility is expected to be completed by July 2009.“Appareo’s new building is significant for... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT